Current Affairs Practice Test (12-18 August 2021)
1. In which state is Aadi Pooram celebrated?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
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- Answer: C
2. Which city has been declared as the first Water Plus city of the country by the central government?
A) Ranchi
B) Indore
C) Bhubaneshwar
D) Lucknow
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- Answer: B
3. Which state government has announced Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Information Technology (IT)?
A) Assam
B) Punjab
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra
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- Answer: D
4. Which state government has renamed the ‘Kakori Kand’ to ‘Kakori Train action’ as the word ‘Kand’ denotes a sense of insult to this incident under India’s Independence struggle?
A) Rajasthan
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Gujarat
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- Answer: B
5. Where did the Indian Air Force (IAF) build one of the world’s highest mobile air traffic control (ATC) towers?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Sikkim
D) Ladakh
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- Answer: D
6. From which district did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY) by handing over LPG connections?
A) Madurai – Tamil Nadu
B) Indore – Madhya Pradesh
C) Mahoba – Uttar Pradesh
D) Vadodara – Gujarat
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- Answer: C
7. Which State/UT government became the first in the country to launch the transport department’s ‘faceless’ services to bring all transport-related services online?
A) Telangana
B) Puducherry
C) Karnataka
D) Delhi
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- Answer: D
8. Which state government has announced to provide interest-free loan up to ?50,000 to street vendors, people in the age group of 18-40 years working in the service sector and unemployed of urban areas hit by Covid-19-induced financial crisis?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Telangana
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
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- Answer: D
9. Which State/UT police launched a first-of-its-kind Drone Forensic Lab and Research Centre with an aim to address the rising concerns of security threat in the country?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Rajasthan
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- Answer: C
10. Which ministry has launched ‘SonChiriya’ – a brand and logo – for marketing the products of Urban Self Help Groups (SHGs)?
A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
B) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
C) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
D) Ministry of Home Affairs
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- Answer: A
11. Which state’s pollution control board have been rated the most transparent in disclosing key environment and governance-related information in the public domain?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) West Bengal
C) Odisha
D) Telangana
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- Answer: C
12. Which ministry has launched an online portal Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services, or TAPAS, to offer massive open online courses (MOOC)?
A) Ministry of Rural Development
B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
C) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
D) Ministry of External Affairs
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- Answer: B
13. At how much cost Gati Shakti National infrastructure master plan aimed at bringing employment opportunities to the youth and helping develop new economic zones across the country been launched by PM Narendra Modi?
A) Rs 210 lakh crore
B) Rs 140 lakh crore
C) Rs 100 lakh crore
D) Rs 200 lakh crore
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- Answer: C
14. By which year the central government fortify the rice distributed to the poor as announced by PM Narendra Modi?
A) 2027
B) 2024
C) 2026
D) 2030
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- Answer: B
15. Which state/UT government launched PROOF ‘Photographic Record of On-site Facility’ app?
A) Gujarat
B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Ladakh
D) Delhi
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- Answer: B
16. With which country’s navy Indian Navy conducted the first ever naval exercise named ‘Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021’?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Oman
C) Egypt
D) Iraq
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- Answer: A
17. Where did the ‘Quad countries’ India, USA, Australia and Japan caried out Malabar exercise?
A) Mediterranean Sea
B) Persian Gulf
C) Indian Ocean
D) Arabian Sea
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- Answer: D
18. With which country India signed an agreement on monsoon data analysis and cooperation to improve weather forecasts in the region?
A) Germany
B) USA
C) Canada
D) Netherlands
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- Answer: B
19. Which country test fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi?
A) Pakistan
B) Afghanistan
C) UAE
D) Oman
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- Answer: A
20. With which country the Tamil Nadu Government has signed a MoU to procure 2,500 buses for public transport?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Canada
D) Australia
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- Answer: A
21. With which country’s navy the Indian Navy participated in the Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) military exercise?
A) Germany
B) USA
C) UAE
D) China
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- Answer: B
22. Which of the following created a new advisory group – International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens, or SAGO, – that will develop a global framework to study pathogens with pandemic potential?
A) World Food Programme
B) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
C) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
D) World Health Organization
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- Answer: D
23. With which country ‘s Navy the Indian Navy held the bilateral navy exercise named ‘Exercise Konkan 2021’?
A) UK
B) Germany
C) Singapore
D) France
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- Answer: A
24. Which bank introduced a unique programme ‘Equitech’ to help budding fintech entrepreneurs to be mentored by industry experts and venture capitalists?
A) Equitas Small Finance Bank
B) AU Small Finance Bank
C) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
D) Capital Small Finance Bank
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- Answer: A
25. Which bank has been accredited by the RBI to be an agency bank to carry on banking transactions of the central and state governments?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) Bandhan Bank
C) RBL Bank
D) DCB Bank
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- Answer: C
26. With which of the following Small Industries Development Bank of India tied up to launch ‘Digital Prayaas’, an App based end to end digital lending platform?
A) BigBasket
B) Big Bazaar
C) Grofers
D) Dmart
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- Answer: A
27. Which of the following became the first Indian cryptocurrency exchange to enter the unicorn club with a $90-million (Rs 668-crore) series-C funding round?
A) CoinDCX
B) Coinbase
C) WazirX
D) Binance
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- Answer: A
28. To what percent retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) eased in July as per the data by government?
A) 6.63%
B) 5.59%
C) 6.02%
D) 5.48%
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- Answer: B
29. With which country the Exim Bank has entered into an agreement for USD 100 million line of credit for procurement of defence items from India?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Bhutan
C) Mauritius
D) Indonesia
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- Answer: C
30. With which of the following the International Air Transport Association (IATA) collaborated to facilitate international trade, particularly e-commerce?
A) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
B) United Nations Industrial Development Organization
C) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
D) World Trade Organization
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- Answer: A
31. Which of the following has launched campaign titled #FollowPaymentDistancing to ask consumers to start ‘payment distancing’ and switch to contactless digital payments?
A) American Express
B) Mastercard
C) RuPay
D) Visa
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- Answer: C
32. Which bank has announced the introduction of ‘Green & Sustainable Deposits’ to safeguard the environment from climate change?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) SBI
D) IDBI Bank
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- Answer: A
33. What is the Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) for the period ending March 2021, introduced by the RBI?
A) 53.9
B) 55.5
C) 57.1
D) 59.4
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- Answer: A
34. What mark India’s total installed renewable energy generation capacity crossed in August 2021?
A) 100 GW
B) 150 GW
C) 200 GW
D) 300 GW
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- Answer: A
35. Which state became the first state to recognise Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban area?
A) Assam
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Bihar
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- Answer: C
36. From when the centre notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic (SUP) items?
A) January 1, 2022
B) December 31, 2022
C) July 1, 2022
D) September 30, 2021
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- Answer: C
37. With which institute National Health Authority has partnered to strengthen India’s response to COVID-19 crisis?
A) IIM Lucknow
B) IIT Delhi
C) IIT Ropar
D) IIM Ahmedabad
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- Answer: B
38. Which institute researchers has developed a novel method using infra-red technology to detect which patients are more at risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19?
A) IIT Bombay
B) IISc Bengaluru
C) IIM Lucknow
D) IIT Delhi
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- Answer: A
39. Which national park became the first national park in the country to equip its forest guards with satellite phones as an anti-poaching measure?
A) Pench National Park
B) Keoladeo National Park
C) Ranthambore National Park
D) Kaziranga National Park
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- Answer: D
40. Which institute has developed the "IndiGau’, India’s first Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) based chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc?
A) National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education And Research
B) Dr.Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences
C) Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
D) National Institute of Animal Biotechnology
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- Answer: D
41. in which state the Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary situated as it has been included in the Ramsar list as wetlands of international importance?
A) Jhajjar - Haryana
B) Udaipur - Rajasthan
C) Jabalpur – Madhya Pradesh
D) Nagpur – Maharashtra
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- Answer: A
42. Which mission Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to launch on India’s 75th Independence Day?
A) National Hydrogen Mission
B) National Oxygen Mission
C) National Carbon Mission
D) National Methane Mission
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- Answer: A
43. Which institute has become the first hospital in India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises?
A) KGH Vishakhapatnam
B) NIMS Hyderabad
C) AIIMS Delhi
D) Christian Medical College Vellore
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- Answer: C
44. Where was the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank inaugurated?
A) West Bengal
B) Odisha
C) Karnataka
D) New Delhi
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- Answer: D
45. Which of the following launched an online portal ‘My e-Haat’ to empower artisans?
A) HCL Foundation
B) Infosys Foundation
C) TCS Foundation
D) Wipro Foundation
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- Answer: A
46. Which city was adjudged the second most polluted city out of the 50 ‘most polluted cities’ in the world in 2020?
A) Judbury
B) Hotan
C) Hawaii
D) Ghaziabad
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- Answer: D
47. Who is appointed as the brand ambassador of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd?
A) Armaan Ebrahim
B) Arjun Maini
C) Narain Karthikeyan
D) Karun Chandhok
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- Answer: C
48. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)?
A) Kamlesh Kumar Pant
B) Sandeep Pandit
C) Pavan Dhaiya
D) Ramesh Bhanu
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- Answer: A
49. Who has stepped down as president of Afghanistan because of Taliban coup?
A) Amrullah Saleh
B) Hamid Karzai
C) Ashraf Ghani
D) Hibatullah Akhundzada
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- Answer: C
50. Who was appointed as the new president of Zambia?
A) Edgar Chagwa Lungu
B) Levy Patrick Mwanawasa
C) Hakainde Hichilema
D) Titus Chiluba
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- Answer: C
51. Who have been named as ICC Player of the Month for July in men’s and women’s categories respectively?
A) Glenn Maxwell and Alyssa Healy
B) Babar Azam and Mithali Raj
C) Shakib Al Hasan and Stafanie Taylor
D) Rohit Sharma and Tammy Beaumont
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- Answer: C
52. Where will the 130th Edition of Durand Cup Football Tournament held?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Noida
C) Chennai
D) Kolkata
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- Answer: D
53. Which country’s team was defeated by the Indian women team in the World Archery Youth Championships to win a gold medal held in Wroclaw, Poland?
A) UK
B) Poland
C) USA
D) Turkey
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- Answer: D
54. Who became India’s 69th grandmaster?
A) Koneru Hampi
B) Harshit Raja
C) Vijay Anand
D) Ramesh Swaroop
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- Answer: B
55. Which bank has signed an MOU with Paralympic Committee of India to become one of the Banking Partners ahead of the Paralympic Games, Tokyo 2020?
A) Central Bank of India
B) Allahabad Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) Indian Bank
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- Answer: D
56. Which position India’s javelin ace Neeraj Chopra gained as per the latest World Athletics Men’s Javelin Rankings?
A) 2
B) 1
C) 5
D) 4
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- Answer: A
57. What was the theme of International Youth Day 2021 which is observed annually on 12th August?
A) Youth Engagement for Global Action
B) The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production
C) Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health
D) Transforming education
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- Answer: B
58. When was World Elephant Day observed?
A) August 8
B) August 6
C) August 12
D) August 11
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- Answer: C
59. When was International Left Handers Day observed?
A) August 9
B) August 13
C) August 18
D) August 11
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- Answer: B
60. When was World Organ Donation Day observed?
A) August 13
B) August 11
C) August 15
D) August 14
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- Answer: A
61. When was Partition Horrors Remembrance Day observed in India?
A) August 14
B) August 16
C) August 11
D) August 15
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- Answer: A
62. Which UT celebrated its De Jure Transfer day on August 16, 2021?
A) Chandigarh
B) Puducherry
C) Ladakh
D) Jammu and Kashmir
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- Answer: B
63. Who is the editor of the book titled ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government’?
A) KJ Alphons
B) K. Surendran
C) A. N. Radhakrishnan
D) MT Ramesh
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- Answer: A
64. Which Indian team won the prestigious National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award in the USA?
A) Myra
B) Rashant Innovation
C) Throttle Motors
D) SoftWorthy
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- Answer: D
65. Who has written the biography of Zohra Sehgal titled "Zohra! A Biography In Four Acts"?
A) Preeti Mittal
B) Rakhi Joshi
C) Ritu Menon
D) Shweta Sawant
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- Answer: C
66. Which airport has been named the world’s best airport on Skytrax’s annual ranking?
A) Hamad International Airport - Doha
B) Changi Airport - Singapore
C) Haneda Airport - Tokyo
D) Dubai International Airport - Dubai
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- Answer: A
67. Who is the writer of the book titled "Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the PostColony"?
A) Rochona Majumdar
B) Vishakha Pujari
C) Kriti Khanna
D) Shrishti Kamra
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- Answer: A
68. To which state Women Sub-Inspector Rita Debnath belongs to as she has been awarded the ‘Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation’ for the year 2021?
A) West Bengal
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Tripura
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- Answer: D
69. Who was awarded the National Youth Award by the Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi for displaying exemplary leadership qualities?
A) Arham Khan – Uttar Pradesh
B) Mohammad Azam - Telangana
C) Brijesh Gulati - Gujarat
D) Siddharth Gupta – Madhya Pradesh
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- Answer: B
70. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis’?
A) Kunal Verma
B) Jaideep Hardikar
C) Roshan Lal
D) Shourabh Chatterjee
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- Answer: B
71. Who among the following has awarded Ashok Chakra in Gallantry awards 2021?
A) Vikas Khatri
B) Ashutosh Kumar
C) Neeraj Ahlawat
D) Babu Ram
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- Answer: D
72. Who among the following has awarded Kirti Chakra in Gallantry awards 2021?
A) Altaf Hussain Bhat
B) Perminder Antil
C) Chitesh Kumar
D) Manjinder Singh
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- Answer: A
73. Who is the first Indian to receive the highest civilian award in the USA?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
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- Answer: C